The Republican-led Michigan Senate has voted to make it a crime to coerce a woman to have an abortion against her will. The legislation would prohibit stalking or assaulting a pregnant woman or anyone else with the intent to force an abortion against her wishes. After learning that a woman does not want an abortion, a person also could not threaten to cut off legally required financial support or withdraw from a contract with her. The punishment for doing so would be a misdemeanor charge and fine, as outlined by Senate Bill No. 1156 : The person guilty of [committing these violations] would receive a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000, unless the person is the father or putative father of the unborn child, the pregnant individual is less than 18 years of age at the time of the violation, and the person is 18 years or older at the time of the violation, in which case the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000. A 2012 state
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